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From Spontaneous Play and Hanging Out to Out-of-School-Time Programming: An American Perspective
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VanderVen, Karen – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
Formal programs covering the time young people are not in school (only 20 percent of the time) have burgeoned rapidly in the past few decades as a result of profound societal changes. Although the need of all children for out-of-school-time programs has not been met, millions of youngsters do participate in out-of-school-time programs sponsored by…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Leisure Time, Program Effectiveness, Antisocial Behavior